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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1872
Page
3
Translation notes a Spanish poem about aging and mortality. The speaker contrasts youth and age, with lines on birth as a start, life as a race, and death as the final goal. The piece reflects on fading strength and lost joys as age advances.
A young man, ruined by his firm's collapse, seeks a cheap private boarding house. He’s drawn to Grace Kinget a young widow who runs a secluded home. He courts her, then discovers a letter from his Vermont uncle about marriage and inheritance, leading to deception and risk. The scene ends with unsettling letters arriving at Kingsley's parlor.
A narrator schemes to pass off a landlady as wife to satisfy his uncle and secure a marriage certificate. After a rushed ceremony the certificate is dated wrongly, exposing the deception. The uncle confronts them, and the trio faces consequences while the couple plans to adapt.
In a playful exchange, the narrator admits tall tales about a gold goblet and a pap Ren, while the uncle teases and praises cunning. They reconcile, and the uncle provides a sufficient income so the narrator can quit his clerk duties. The uncle returns to Vermont, leaving the narrator hopeful of future honesty.
The article lists 1872 weekly wages for New York trades and professions. It details male earnings across carpenters to masons and skilled laborers, with figures from 14 to 34 dollars, and female earnings for artificial flower workers to telegraphers, ranging from 4 to 12 dollars. It notes only slight annual variation from 1871 and cites the 1871 tables for full statistics.
Practical guidance on building level grain stacks with even bases and middle filling to prevent water damage. Also notes on worm traps by Mr Boynton in St Joseph and a regional trade overview showing 1867 and 1871 Mexico United States import export totals and New York Vera Cruz line figures.
Fragmentary OCR reads a dog headstone inscription in humorous courtly tones. It mentions a dog named Jondano, a Rome reference in the seventh year of Pius VI, and a Copenhagen death during a period of monetary prices. A mother recalls a wedding present diamond pin as a comic aside about a diamond mistaken for a seed wart.
A reader notice describes six Chromes titled Sunbeams, Pussy, Lamb, Unconscious Sleeper, Hide and Seek, and The Mother's Fetes. The images depict family scenes in a farm house and boudoir with children, a dog, and a cat. Each chromes set costs one subscription dollar plus postage payable to The Star in Cincinnati.
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